A heatwave in Brazil prompts red alerts for thousands of locations, affecting more than a hundred million people, attributed to El Niño and climate change

Sumit Bose visits the biggest favela in Sao Paulo to see how Schneider Electric is helping the community there get jobs in the energy industry.

The largest city in Brazil aims to generate 69% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. The state government of Sao Paulo (pictured) launched the ‘Plan Paulista de Energia’ (PPE) – which proposes policies for the sustainable development of the state – and increased its renewables target from the current 55%. According to […]